Vol. XV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 9. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



DECEMBER, 1908. 



CONTENTS. 



The Large Larch Saw-fly. C. Gordon Hewitt, M.Sc - - 6S9 



The British Crops of 1908 - - - - - - - 660 



Cost of Rearing Ducklings. Edward Broivn and Will Brown 665 



Wart Disease (Black Scab) of Potatoes 671 



The Apple Blossom Weevil. Walter E. Collinge, M.Sc, - - 675 

 Notes on the time of Blossoming of Fruit Trees. Cecil H 



Hooper, M.R.A.C 678 



Notes on Insect, Fungus and other Pests - - - - 687 



Manurial Yalue of Sewage and Sewage Sludge ... 690 



Report of the Intelligence Division for 1907 - - - 696 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the United States - - - 697 



Supplement to the Journal - - 698 



Notes on the Weather in November ----- 698 



Produce of the Potato and Root Crops - - - 699 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 699 



Earnings at Corn Harvest in 1908 701 



Agricultural Labour in November ----- 703 



Miscellaneous Notes 705 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments - 705 



Official Circulars and Notices 709 



The Corn Markets in November. C. Kains-Jackson - - 713 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in November. A. T. Matthews 717 



The Provision Trade in November. Hedley Stevens - - 720 



Prices of Agricultural Produce, &c. 722 



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